Improvement in crosscut-saw handles



E. C. ATKINS. CROSSC'UT-SAW' HANDLE.

No.'195,740. Patented 0ct.2,1877" gum 0 $1M u A eiilli w? 2% 6.6

NIFETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON D blade.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS O. ATKINS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CROSSCUT-SAW HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,740, dated October2, 1877; application filed February 26, 1877.

of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification. Myinvention relates to saws; and it consists in the devices for fasteningthe saw-blade in the handle, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a section of the handle, showing the blade fastened therein.Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

A represents the saw-handle, and B the saw- In the handle A is made aslot, a, extending from the end thereof inward for a suitable distance,and at the inner end of this slot a pin, d, is passed through thehandle, at right angles with the slot, and in the center thereof, asshown in Fig. 1. Immediately above this pin d another pin, 6, is passedthrough the handle in the same direction as the slot to prevent thehandle from splitting.

In the upper and lower edges of the saw-blade B, near the inner end, aremade notches b b, of suitable size. The blade B is inserted in the slotat of the handle and forced upward in the same until the upper notch bis caught upon the pin d. A bolt, 0, is then passed through an elongatedbolt-hole, i, in the lower end of the handle, and moved upward until itenters the notch b in the lower edge of the saw-blade, when a thumb-nut,D, is screwed up tightly on the end of the bolt, whereby the saw-bladeis held firmly and securely in the handle, while at the same time it canbe easily and quickly removed therefrom for sharpening or otherpurposes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the split or slotted handle A, provided with the pind and elongated bolt-hole i, the saw-blade B, provided with the notchesb b, the bolt O, and thumb-nut D, sub stantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS C. ATKINS.

Witnesses H. BURNS, D. V. BURNS.

